Competition Programs | International Competition: Sowing the Seeds of Love
UNIT.Verse | B.12

02.10 | 19:00

18+

Our actions, words, and decisions rarely pass without consequence. The protagonists of these films confront the outcomes of their own and others’ choices and discover that destiny is shaped not by events themselves, but by how we respond to them. Here, coming of age emerges through mistakes, and freedom through accepting responsibility for oneself and others. In the end, every seed sown will eventually bear fruit.

Running time 66 min.

  • Ivar
    Markus Tangre

    Norway | 04:23 | 2025

    Noticing her husband Ivar's new scent, Anne lies awake at night with a nagging question: should she leave him?

  • School Show
    Ana Horvat

    Croatia | 05:31 | 2025

    In the mid-1980s in the SFR Yugoslavia, a school performance is underway. As songs and recitations unfold on stage, a young Pioneer girl notices an unfamiliar man in the audience behaving in a strange and unsettling way—something she cannot fully understand.

  • Atomik Tour
    Bruno Collet

    France | 13:02 | 2025

    For Hugo, visiting the forbidden area of Chernobyl is not a commemorative trip. If this young tourist wanders through radioactive ruins, it is mainly to feed his Instagram account. This absurd quest will lead him to discover the history that haunts The Zone...

  • Procrastination Yoga!
    Paulina Ziolkowska

    Germany, Poland | 07:36 | 2026

    A few exercises to procrastinate better, faster, and more efficiently.

  • Ball Face
    Laurence Thérien

    Canada | 04:30 | 2026 

    Life throws curveballs, whether you catch them or not. It’s how you react that determines whether you survive. Ball face follows a middle school girl who, terrified of sports, survives a chaotic ball game by accidentally bouncing a ball off her face, discovering an unconventional tactic that leads to victory. By the end of the game, she’s completely transformed.

  • Who Killed Narin G**** ?
    Ayce Kartal

    France | 04:41 | 2025

    She was 8 when she went missing. The investigation revealed her family's involvement. Narin saw something she shouldn't have. Everyone in the village knew, but no one dared to speak out.

  • So He Grabbed the Knife
    Sam Kuwa

    Japan | 12:16 | 2026

    The boy takes the knife his father once gave him. Did what followed make him a “man”?

     

  • I have a
    Rory Waudby-Tolley

    United Kingdom | 04:43 | 2025

    A man lists the things that he has.

  • Daughters of the Late Colonel
    Elizabeth Hobbs

    Germany, United Kingdom | 09:23 | 2026

    After the death of their ill-tempered and controlling father, two middle-aged sisters find themselves at a loss. An unexpected visitor sparks the courage in them to begin their lives anew. ‘Daughters of the Late Colonel’ is a merry, rude, and lyrical, animated adaptation of the modernist short story of the same name, written by Katherine Mansfield in 1920.